Ontario - Canada foundation for innovation

John R. Evans Leaders Fund / Fonds des leaders John-R.-Evans
Backgrounder / Fiche d’information
Ontario
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Board of Directors approved a contribution of $7,476,888 to
support 32 infrastructure projects in the province. / Le conseil d’administration de la Fondation canadienne
pour l’innovation (FCI) a approuvé des contributions totalisant 7 476 888 $ en vue d’appuyer 32 projets
d’infrastructure dans la province.
Project Title / Titre du projet
Maximum CFI
Contribution /
Contribution
maximale
de la FCI
Lakehead University
Conversion Facility for Value-Added Products from Boreal Forest
$59,539
1 project / projet
$59,539
Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne
Workplace Simulation Equipment for Improving Occupational Health and Safety
Outcomes in the Mining Industry
$142,999
1 project / projet
$142,999
McMaster University
Evidence-based Decision Making Centre
$249,933
Cryo-electron Microscope for Structural Analysis of Cellular Complexes
$800,000
2 projects / projets
$1,049,933
Queen’s University
Real-time Navigated iKnife System for Breast Cancer Surgery
$358,342
Neuroimmune Interactions in Pain
$150,000
Understanding and Harnessing Human Memory Retrieval
$85,000
High-Speed Skeletal Imaging Laboratory
$200,000
Nutirent-Neural Signaling in the Colon: A Role in IBS
$110,900
Laboratory for the Development of Bioresponsive and Interactive Ophthalmic
Biomaterials
$125,000
6 projects / projets
$1,029,242
University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa
Deciphering Molecular Events Leading to Bacterial Pathogens Sensing and
Adaptation to Their Environment
$218,247
Lanthanide-based Nanophosphors for Bioimaging and Energy Conversion
Applications
$190,000
Platelet Biology to Improve Patient Outcomes – from Bedside to Bench and Back
$215,000
Shallow-Water Earth Observation Lab
$39,617
Practice Changing Research: Improving Diagnosis and Management for Cutaneous
T-Cell Lymphomas (CTCL)
$153,000
The Role of Oxygen in Autophagy Regulation and Metabolic Homeostasis
$245,662
6 projects / projets
$1,061,526
University of Toronto
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Learning and Memory in Health and Disease
Applying Biomarkers of Present Moment Awareness to Promote Mental Health
$800,000
$58,897
Learning in the Developing Mind and Brain
$140,000
Center for Advanced Dynamic Imaging of Tissue Barriers: Cellular Processes and
Molecular Interactions
$410,727
Environmental Processes and Change in Northern Canadian Ecosystems
$200,000
Translating New Models of Cardiac Disease into Therapy
$429,125
MRS Spectroscopy for Addiction and Psychiatry
$140,351
High Throughput Genetic Screening Technology for the Identification of Novel
Targets for Treating Human Disease
$501,251
SleepdB: A Sound-Proof Laboratory to Examine Sleep-Disordered Breathing
$356,128
9 projects / projets
$3,036,479
University of Waterloo
Sustainability Policy Research on Urban Transformations (SPROUT) Lab
$40,000
Facility for In Situ Characterization of Next-Generation Electrochemical Devices
$50,000
2 projects / projets
$90,000
University of Western Ontario (The)
Molecular Mechanisms Driving Osteoarthritis
$321,264
Systems Biology Infrastructure to Explore Protein Misfolding and Cellular Protein
Quality Control in Human Diseases
$216,642
Colibri: an Ultra-fast Telescope Array for Astronomy and Space Science
$200,000
3 projects / projets
$737,906
University of Windsor
Advancing Great Lakes Science
$199,264
1 project / projet
$199,264
York University
Advanced Power Electronics Laboratory for Sustainable Energy Research
$70,000
1 project / projet
$70,000